According to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, the recent trend of rising home prices and sales in Southern Nevada continued.

GLVAR reported the median price of existing single-family homes sold increased to $242,000. Meanwhile, the median price of local condos and townhomes sold was $122,950, up 4.2 percent.

GLVAR President David J. Tina pointed out that the median home price in Southern Nevada has nearly doubled from $123,000 five years ago and has continued to increase this year despite potential headwinds like a shrinking local housing supply and rising mortgage interest rates.

Like prices, local home sales have also been increasing this year. The total number of existing local homes, condos and townhomes sold was 3,903, up from 3,488. Compared to one year ago, sales were up 14.8 percent for homes and up 0.4 percent for condos and townhomes.

According to GLVAR, 2017 is ahead of the sales pace in 2016, when 41,720 total properties were sold in Southern Nevada. That was more than the 38,577 properties sold during 2015. It was also more than in 2014, but fewer than each year from 2009 through 2013.

At the current sales pace, Tina said Southern Nevada has less than a three-month supply of homes available for sale. A six-month supply is considered to be a balanced market.

GLVAR reported 5,488 single-family homes listed for sale without any sort of offer. That’s down 23.9 percent from one year ago. For condos and townhomes, the 715 properties listed without offers represented a 69.0 percent drop from one year ago.

For several years, GLVAR has been reporting fewer distressed sales and more traditional home sales, where lenders are not controlling the transaction. That trend continued when 4.4 percent of all local sales were short sales – which occur when lenders allow borrowers to sell a home for less than what they owe on the mortgage. That’s down from 5.9 percent of all sales in 2016.

GLVAR said 29.5 percent of all local properties sold were purchased with cash, compared to 27.7 percent in 2016. That’s well short of the 2013 peak of 59.5 percent, indicating that cash buyers and investors are still more active in Southern Nevada than in most markets, but that their influence has generally been declining.

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